Local man pleads guilty to bank robbery

A Shelbyville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing seven banks throughout Kentucky.

Kenneth Chandler, 47, was indicted in March by the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky for taking by force -- using a semi-automatic pistol -- a large amount of cash from Central Bank in Lexington, as well as Citizens Union Bank in Shelby County.

The indictment said Chandler was accused of taking $11,817 from Central Bank and $22,796 from Citizens Union Bank.

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